Write a formal letter (in 300-350 words), applying for participation in the programme.

3 Role play the following situations:

1) A FL teacher talks to the representative of the CIEE in Portland and asks for programme detail.

2) A representative of the CIEE comes to Kazakhstan and presents the programmes available.

PROJECT

Create your project on the theme “Foreign Language in the 12-year school: our perspective”, then present your project outcome in class.

PRAGMATICS ACTIVISATION: WRITING
1 Read the topic and research it: 12-Year School is the Education of the Future.

Write your essay in about 200-250 words.

MODELLING OF SITUATIONS & CONTEXT-BASED INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

DISCUSSION

Quotes About Teachers

Read the quotations about teacher’s profession. Choose the quotations you like and discuss them with your partner.

· ‘A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary’. Thomas Carruthers

· ‘The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires’. William Arthur Ward

· ‘A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops’. Henry Brooks Adams

· ‘If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it’. Margaret Fuller

· ‘A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image’. Author Unknown

· ‘The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book’. Author Unknown

· ‘To teach is to learn twice’. Joseph Joubert

· ‘Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed’. Marva Collins. [53]

COMMUNICATION

A Round-Table Discussion

INTRO: A Round-Table Discussion

2 TASK/PROCESS: The participants of the round table discuss the peculiarities of the Foreign Language teacher professional education in target language countries and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3 RESULT/EVALUATION: Analyse the results of the round-table and prepare an article for the newspaper (1 A4 sheet) on it.

A Debate Club

INTRO: A Debate

2 TASK/PROCESS: The participants of the debate club discuss the problem: What are your views on the Foreign Language Teacher in the global society?

3 RESULT/EVALUATION: Analyse the results of the debate and prepare a press-release (300-350 words) on it.

A Round-Table Discussion

INTRO: A Round-Table Discussion

2 TASK/PROCESS: The participants of the round table discuss the problems of the informatization in the Foreign Language Education and the ways of solving them.

3 RESULT/EVALUATION: Analyse the results of the debate and prepare a report (300-350 words) on it.

A Discussion

INTRO: A Discussion

2 TASK/PROCESS: The participants of the discussion argue about the topic: ‘Computer or a FL teacher: Pros and Cons’.

3 RESULT/EVALUATION: Analyse the results of the discussion and prepare a report (300-350 words) on it.

An Orientation Conference

1 INTRO: An Orientation Conference

2 TASK/PROCESS: The participants of the conference discuss the specifics of the professional internship in schools with intensive study of a range of subjects in a Foreign Language.

3 RESULT/EVALUATION: Analyse the results of the conference and prepare a leaflet (e.g. information for teacher trainees) on it.

SELF-STUDY

Research the topic of Teacher certification in various countries.

What is the ‘Teacher Knowledge Test’ (TKT)?
What is the ‘Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults’ (CELTA)?
What is the difference between TEFL and TESOL?
What other international teacher certification programmes or tests do you know?

Prepare a report/a brochure/a poster/a concept map, etc., outlining the results of your research and describing the benefits of the programmes/tests.

PRAGMATICS ACTIVISATION: WRITING
1 Read the topic and research it.

A Foreign Language Teacher and FL Teacher Education in the 21^st Century.

Write your essay in about 200-250 words.

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UNIT 2 REVIEW

INFORMATION-ACCUMULATION: VIDEO
1 Watch the video ‘60 Tips: Best classroom techniques for teachers of English’ and take notes on its main idea and details: https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=KCI7R-96EKQ [54]

Write an analytical overview of the video (in 300-350 words).

COMMUNICATION

Part 1: Dialogical form of communication (7 min.).

Talk to your partner and express your opinion on the following topic.

Which is more useful for a young person, going to university or getting work experience? What is more useful for a future teacher?

Use the language of the unit in your discussion (vocabulary and grammar).

Part 2: Monological form of communication (4 min. for each candidate).

Candidate A: Read the following excerpt from ‘Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers’ by Joy Kreeft Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics, and comment on the information provided.

‘The foreign language teaching profession today is faced with increasing enrollments and a shortage of qualified teachers. At the same time, a rapidly changing student population, nationwide education reform, and the development of national standards for foreign language learning are placing a number of new demands on foreign language teachers. Curtain and Pesola (1994) suggest that foreign language teachers today " require a combination of competencies and background that may be unprecedented in the preparation of language teachers" (p. 241) and that strong professional development is critical’. [55]

Candidate B: Add to your partner’s response.

Candidate B: Read the following excerpt from the article ‘New Directions in the Preparation of Foreign Language Teacher’ by Jacque Bott-Van Houten, et al., and comment on the information provided.

‘The emergent model for teacher preparation which represents a significant philosophical shift from the traditional teacher training model, is highlighted in the following:

A model of seamless professional preparation and growth: an uninterrupted continuum beginning with preservice teacher development and continuing with ongoing professional development (National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, 1996).
Integration of theory and practice: the blending of course content and teaching experiences, initiated from the outset of the teacher preparation program and continuing throughout all subsequent phases (Blair, 2001).
Accreditation of teacher preparation institutions: an output model, based on standards of performance, replacing the traditional input model, based on prescribed coursework leading to teacher licensure (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2001)’. [56]

Candidate A: Add to your partner’s response.

PRAGMATICS ACTIVISATION: WRITING

Write an essay (in 300-350 words) on the following topic.

The Challenges and Aspects of the Foreign Language Teacher Professional Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Use the language of the unit in your essay (vocabulary and grammar).

REFLECTION, SELF-ASSESSMENT AND PORTFOLIO CREATION

1 Using the ‘Self-assessment Grid’, reflect on the information you obtained while working at the unit 2, competences you developed.

2 Collect the best papers (mind-maps, etc.) created by you in your ‘Portfolio File 2’.

UNIT 3

Language Education & Intercultural Communication

Linguistic Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the

Target-Language Countries

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